Man Held In Wpb Robbery

A Miami man who police say pumped three bullets into a Palm Beach County sheriff`s deputy on Monday has been charged with the April 15 armed robbery of a West Palm Beach woman.

Ivo Martinez, 36, was in Palm Beach Gardens Hospital Wednesday recuperating from wounds sustained in a shoot-out with Deputy Mark Bohne. But according to West Palm Beach police Capt. James Diggs, Martinez committed a robbery six days before the shooting.

Diggs said Martinez was dressed in a three-piece suit and carrying a radio when he knocked on the door of Sandry Pena, 28, of the 800 block of Green Street. After identifying himself as a police detective, he asked to see Pena`s car registration, Diggs said. When Pena let him into the house, Martinez drew a handgun and robbed her of $850 in cash, Diggs said.

Martinez also has been charged with forcing a Greenacres City woman at gunpoint to drive him to his father`s house after he was wounded by Bohne.

According to sheriff`s reports, Martinez ordered Lynn Garza, 29, of South 57th Avenue, to drive him to the PGA National community in Palm Beach Gardens, where his father lives.

Garza told detectives she was visiting a house on Seminole Boulevard in Westgate when Martinez showed up bleeding from the arm and leg. She said Martinez pointed a gun at her and said, ``You don`t know nothing and you don`t see nothing.``

Martinez was arrested shortly after Garza dropped him off, when his father called Palm Beach Gardens police. He was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and car theft.

Bohne is in good condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, where he is recovering from three gunshot wounds to his leg and hip. Two more slugs were deflected by the bulletproof vest he was wearing.